Improvement in hand-lanterns



' c ENGELSKIRCHEN.

Hand Lantern.

Patented July 24, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL ENGELSKIROHEN, OF BUFFALO NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND-LANTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,543, dated July 24, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL ENGELSKIRCHEN, of the city of Buffalo, county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented an Improved Hand-Lantern and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure I is a front elevation of a lantern havingrny improvement represented therein. Fig. II is a vertical section of the lower part of the lantern. Fig. III is a plan view.

The nature of this invention relates to connecting and fastening the base of the lantern containing the lamp-pot directly to the glass or globe part by means of a spring band or clasp, which spring band or clasp also forms a part of the guards or skeleton frame-work of the lantern, the said skeleton-frame being also permanently attached to the chimney-cap, and retaining within it the glass or globe part when the lamp-pot is removed.

The bottom or base part of the lantern is represented at A, and the lamp-pot at A. These are permanently connected together and form one piece. The globe or glass part of the lantern is shown at B, and the chimney-cap at O, and the guards or skeleton-frame at D E F. The spring band or clasp is represented at F.

The vertical guardsD pass through the chimney-cap, and at each end are hooked onto the spring band or clasp, as shown at d. The horizontal and circular wire E is soldered or otherwise fastened to the vertical wires, as shown at (1 The spring band or clasp is at each end bent or formed into hooks, as shown at f, with a button or thumb-piece, f A pin is projected from the side of the base, as shown at g. The base will thereby be securely fastened to the glass or globe part.

When the band is unhooked from the pin it expands or springs out into the position shown by the red lines in Fig. III, thereby releasing the two parts, so that they may be easily separated. When these parts are separated the glass will be loosely held in the guards or skeleton-frame. When the parts are to be con nected the glass is set into the metallic base, and the spring-band hooked to the pin g, as before stated, and the parts-are then held securely together.

h h represent pins projected from the metallic base, which catch onto the springband as a further surety for the safe connection of the parts. J represents a pinion-shaft for raising and adjusting the wick.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Oonnectin g the chimney-cap O, the glass or globe part B, and the metallic base A together by means of the skeleton-frame D E F, the said skeleton-frame being so constructed and connected with the said parts that the vertical wires D shall be permanently attached to the chimney-cap, and the metallic baseA shall be fastened to the glass or globe part by means of the spring band or clasp F and released therefrom when the said spring-band is unhooked, and the glass or globe part be retained within the skeleton-frame when the metallic base Ais removed, substantially as described.

CARL ENeEL'sKrRoHEN.

Witnesses:

W. O. SHERWOOD, B. H. MUEHLE. 

